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Węgliniec
Place in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Węgliniec [vɛŋˈɡliɲɛt͡s] (German: Kohlfurt; Upper Sorbian: Wěgliniec) is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the border with Germany.[2] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Węgliniec. It lies approximately 22 km (14 mi) north-east of Zgorzelec, and 128 km (80 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław. As of 2019, the town has a population of 2,846.
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History
The oldest known historical mention of the settlement dates back to 1502 [3] in the context of medieval German Ostsiedlung, receiving the name Kohlfurt.[4] In 1742 it was annexed by Prussia.[citation needed] It was plundered by different armies during the Third Silesian War (1756–1763).[5] In 1846 a railway line connecting Wrocław and Berlin, running through the village, was opened.[3] In 1847 a line to Dresden was built, and in 1865 to Lubań.[3] The settlement became an important railway junction. During World War II, the Germans located there two prisoner-of-war labor subcamps and a forced labor camp.[3] Near the end of World War II, in February 1945, the almost completely abandoned village was captured by the Soviets.[5] After World War II the region was placed preliminary under Polish administration according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. It was repopulated with Poles, some of whom were from the Eastern Borderlands, which were annexed by the Soviet Union.
Węgliniec was granted town rights in 1967.[3][6]
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Transport
Węgliniec railway station remains a major railway junction, located on strategic passenger and freight routes between Poland and Germany, with regular cross-border passenger services to Görlitz/Dresden and a limited service to Cottbus/Berlin.
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